Week 45
This week we show coaches how important it is for players
to carry the ball under the correct arm when they go into
contact. We look at the bad skills of the international centre,
Waylon Murray of South Africa, and we show coaches also
the correct skill.
"Murray is a product of the Sharks Academy in South Africa and
somewhere on the line they did not teach him this very important
skill. It is very important for coaches to teach their players this
skill, because if players don't carry the ball under the right arm
they can't use their hand-off or off-load in the tackle."  
- Jan Oberholzer
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Lets look at the bad skills of Waylon Murray, when he carries the ball under the wrong arm.
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Lets look at the first incident
He is being tackled.
Murray is being chased down by the
defender, while he carry the ball
under the wrong arm.
He can't off-load, because the ball is
still under his wrong arm.
He can't hand-off the defender.
Lets look at the correct way to carry the ball
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Video Clip of the first incident
Lets look at the second incident
He is being tackled.
He can't off-load  to his supporting
players, because the ball is under the
wrong arm.
He can't hand-off the defender,
because the ball is under his inside
arm.
Murray tries to beat the defender
Video Clip of the good skill
The ball is in the correct hand for a
one-handed off-load to the
supporting players on his inside.
He can hand-off the defender.
The ball carrier carry the ball under
the correct arm.
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